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Archie Norman MP

Sue Lawley's castaway is Executive Director of ASDA Archie Norman.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week has turned around a failing supermarket chain by introducing his staff to 'black-bin Mondays' and 'dress-down Fridays'. As the Executive Director, Archie Norman made ASDA one of the top three grocers on the high street.

In the process, he's answered every one of the 40,000 suggestions from his staff - personally. And he's learnt how to keep his colleagues on their toes - he's removed their chairs from the meeting rooms. Now as a new MP and Vice Chairman of the party, can he do the same for the Conservatives?

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Complete Angler by Isaac Walton
Luxury: Jar of Marmite

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Mar 1998 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Campbeltown Pipe Band

    Flower of Scotland

    • Mull of Kintyre.
    • MFP.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orpheus and Euridice)

    Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra: London Philharmonic

    • Orfeo ed Euridice.
    • ERATO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio

    Choir: King’s College Choir Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Philip Ledger

    • Christmas Oratorio.
    • EMI Classics.

  • David Bowie

    'Heroes'

    • Heroes.
    • EMI.

  • Henry Purcell

    Birthday Ode 'Come ye sons of art away'

    Soloist: Michael Chance & Timothy Wilson Orchestra: English Concert

    • Purcell: Odes.
    • Archiv.

  • Berlin

    Take My Breath Away

    • Top Gun.
    • CBS.

  • Richard Burton

    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

    • Your Favourite Poems.
    • Argo.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Requiem in D minor

      Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra Choir: St John’s College Choir, Cambridge

      • Requiem Mass.
      • Chandos.

  • Book Choice

    • The Complete Angler - Isaac Walton

  • Luxury Choice

    • Jar of Marmite

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Archie Norman MP

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Mar 1998 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 6 Mar 1998 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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